Local Paralympians to visit White House on Thursday

Staci Mannella has gotten accustomed to life on the road, The 17-year-old visually impaired skier from Randolph travels quite a bit to compete on the World Cup circuit.

Mannella, snowboarder Dan Monzo of Vernon, and Green Brook native Josh Pauls will be among the American Olympians and Paralympians recognized at the White House on Thursday. The exact time has not been publicly released.

Pauls took the train to Washington D.C. earlier today. Monzo posted a photo of himself wearing a suit on Facebook, clean shaven and with a short haircut. Mannella joked on Twitter about taking a selfie with President Obama.

Though neither the President nor First Lady attended the Olympics or Paralympics as a protest of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s anti-LGBT legislation and the invasion of the Crimean region of Ukraine, the family — and the White House in general — have traditionally supported American athletes.

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